Re: usb device

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _Michael Sry_, on 12/03/05 11:22,typed:
> Hello,
> I am trying to mount my USB device but it is not really working!
> When I type
> mount /dev/sda1 /mount_point -t vfat
> I get the following error message
> mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
> Does anyone know what is the problem?
> Thanks!
>
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What exactly is your device? Have you tried "-t msdos", "-t ntfs" etc?

I had a similar problem while trying to mount a newly bought USB stick 
(Lexar). It was mountable and writeabel and readable under Windows XP 
but not under Linux running 2.6.9 and 2.6.10. It turns out that I had to 
format it and make a filesystem. After that it worked perfectly in both 
the OSes.

->HS


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